Tommie Smith

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics

Jessica Raven

Executive Director of Collective Action for Safe Spaces

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Zaretta Hammond

Teacher Educator & Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"

Kelly Marie Tran

Actress Known for Her Role in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

Linda Sarsour

Award-Winning Racial Justice & Civil Rights Activist; Community Organizer

Joi McMillion

Award Winning Film Editor

S. Lee Merritt

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

Damon Davis

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of Whose Streets?

Hannah Beachler

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Marley Dias

Founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks; Author & Activist

Kim Foxx

Politician, State Attorney for Cook County

Tim Story

Film Director Known for "Ride Along" & "Think Like A Man"

Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

Barry Jenkins

Writer & Director of the Academy Award-Winning "Moonlight"

Barry Jenkins - Disney's Cinemacon Presentation of "Mufasa: The Lion King"

Yusef Salaam

One of the Central Park 5, Entrepreneur, Author, Trainer & Leader

Stella Damasus

Nigerian Actress, Singer, Radio & TV Host

DeRay Mckesson

Civil Rights Activist Focusing on Innovation, Equity & Justice; Host of "Pod Save The People"

Rhiannon Giddens

Grammy-Winning & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Folk Singer Reclaiming African-American Musical Traditions

Lisa Gelobter

Founder & CEO of tEQuitable

Kenya Barris

Screenwriter, ABC's "Black-ish", Producers Guild Visionary Award Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing

Wesley Lowery

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter & Author of "They Can't Kill Us All"

American Whitelash: The Resurgence of Racial Violence in Our Time

Shirley Frimpong-Manso

Founder and CEO of Sparrow Productions, Film Director, Writer, and Producer

Heather McGhee

Distinguished Senior Fellow & Former President of Demos, A Progressive Think Tank

Kasi Lemmons

Writer, Actor & Director Known for "Harriet" and "Silence of the Lambs"

Amma Asante

British Screenwriter & Director Known for "Belle" and "A Way of Life"

Amma Asante - CNN "Amanpour & Company"

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Writer & Director Known for "Love & Basketball" & Netflix's "The Old Guard"; First Black Woman to Direct a Major Comic-Book Movie

Melba Pattillo Beals

Journalist, Author of "Warriors Don't Cry" & Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Bershan Shaw

TV Personality, International Business Speaker, Diversity & Inclusion Trainer

Marcia Ann Gillespie

Former Editor-in-Chief, Ms. and Essence